Howard College and the Memorial Tower Building In June this year Franco Frescura led a tour around part of the UKZN which SANS missed. As we believe many members will appreciate the comments and observations he made during the tour
NEWS BRIEF – 030 – AN INVITATION
The Friends of the Maritime Museum welcome you to ‘An evening at the Maritime Museum’ 16 December 2015 Fancy a visit to the maritime museum during the late afternoon and early evening, in time to watch the lights going on
NEWS BRIEF – 029 – Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names
You love plants but… you don’t know what their names mean. We want to help you, AND perhaps you can help us? Hugh Clarke and Michael Charters have written an Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names that takes the
News Brief 026 – An Important New Publication – The Old Main Line from Durban to Pietermaritzburg
Bruno Martin who co-authored the long out of print Natal Mainline Story and Mike Cottrell, whose U of Natal degree included a dissertation on railways, have produced a 216 A4 book entitled The Natal Old Main Line from Durban to
NEWS BRIEF – 025 – INVITATION TO THE MEMORIAL SERVICE for DR BARBARA TYRRELL
The Campbell Collections of the UKZN with the Tyrrell Family have extended an invitation to SANS members to celebrate the life of Dr Barbara Tyrrell at her memorial service which will be held at: Campbell Collections – UKZN, 220 Gladys
NEWS BRIEF – 024 – CELEBRATE TRAFALGAR DAY
NEWS BRIEF – 024 – CELEBRATE TRAFALGAR DAY AT THE PORT NATAL MARITIME MUSEUM WITH THE PORT NATAL BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY EVENT David Hughes has kindly extended an invitation on behalf of the Port Natal Branch of The
News Brief – 020 – Harry Gwala Anniversary Invitation
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NEWS BRIEF – 019 –The Durban Forest – A New Book
The Durban Botanic Garden Trust has just published a NEW Book called The Durban Forest which will be launched in the first week of September 2015. Publication of this book has been timed to coincide with National Arbour Week which
NEWS BRIEF – 018 – Theft from Mogale City Museum in Krugersdorp
SANS has just received this rather sad email from the SA Museums Association and whilst the theft may have occurred far from KZN we believe members should be aware of the problems faced by all of South Africa’s museums We
NEWS BRIEF – 017 – Celebrate the Life of Sir Nicholas Winton
Sir Nicholas Winton has just passed away at the remarkable age of 106. Until the 1980’s few people knew of the single minded determination he had shown in rescuing hundreds of mainly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia as the Nazis over-ran